EMS Webinar: The Geomagnetic Storm: Beauty and the Beast

EMS Webinar series continues with a special edition about Aurora Borealis. Our first speaker, Árpád Kis, a geophysicist and space scientist at the HUN-REN Institute of Earth Physics and Space Science in Hungary, will cover all the fundamental aspects of a geomagnetic storm and its impact on the Earth environment.

Hanneke Luijting, a meteorologist from the Netherlands,  now a sustainability advisor to the government, focusing on the circular economy, will provide insights in how to capture Aurora Borealis in photography.

Date: Wednesday, 10 April 2024, 4pm (CEST)

Participation: The Webinar will be held as a @Zoom webinar.

Please register for the event here

Abstract

The geomagnetic storm is a very interesting space weather phenomena that is capable to typically create such poetic beauty as the Aurora Borealis. On the other hand, it also poses a substantial threat to our modern technology-based society and everyday life. In our presentation we will cover all the fundamental aspects of a geomagnetic storm and its impact on the Earth environment.

We will also discuss several historical geomagnetic storm events and we will outline the available and future defence options against a possible massive geomagnetic storm.

Future events and topics

• We invite the wider EMS Membership to make proposals for topics that would be of interest for successor events. Please contact the EMS Secretariat at the usual address.

Recordings of the previous webinars are available at the EMS YouTube Channel:

• Introduction by Ernesto Rodriguez
• Presentation by Bert Holtslag: Understanding the atmosphere of Starry Night (6 March 2024)
• Presentation by Irina Sandu: How the Quiet, Digital and Data-Driven Revolutions are shaping the future of NWP (20 March 2024)